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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. BLLINGS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES WHITE,

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,850, dated August .28, 1883.

K Application filed March 12,1888.

(No model.)

T all whom, 2125 may concern,.-

Be it known that l, JOHN D. BILLINGS, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification. I

The invention consists of a horseshoe constructed with a continuous ealk `extending from heel to heel, said calk being beveled 011 its inner face at the toe and tapered thence toward the heels, said shoe being provided with a continuous grooved flange extending from heel to heel outside the calk, and with inner iianges extending from points near the toe to the heels. A shoe thus constructed is adapted to receive the fastening-nails at any point, to wear evenlw7 on its face, and avoids a dead blow at the heels.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view oi' a bar from which this improved shoe is formed by the operation of bending.` Fig. 2 is a perspective view of this improved shoe from the under side. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the toe ofthe shoe. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through one of the quarters on line 4L 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the toe on line 5 5 of Fig. 3. p

In the drawings, A represents the platform or body oi' the shoe, which is of uniform width from end to end. The continuous calk B projects downward from the center of the under side of said platform and extends from end to end thereof. At the niiddle of the bar and front of the shoe the calk is beveled from its lower face to the edge of`the platform, and is tapered from the points a c on either side to- That part of the platform' ward the heels. which is outside the ealk constitutes an angular or grooved flange, A', through which the nails are passed to fasten the shoe upon the foot. The inner iianges, A2 A2, which extend from the points a. a to the heels, serve to inipart vibration to the shoe and avoid the deadstroke, which tends to make the foot sore. The beveled and tapered portion at the front of the shoe sustains the greater irietion at that point. causing the shoe to wear even.

That is claimed as the invention is A horseshoe consistingoi' a platform provided with a cent-ral continuous calk extend ing from heel to heel, said calk being beveled at the toe and tapered thence toward the heels, said shoe having a continuous angular or grooved iiange extending from heel to heel outside the ealk, and inner flange-s extending from points near the toe to the heels, substantially as described.

JOHN D. BILLINGS. 

